Children's Mental Health

Description

USF's Department of Child and Family Studies offers the Graduate Certificate in Children's
Mental Health, with an emphasis in Systems of Care. This is an interdisciplinary program
delivered through distance learning technologies. It is designed to provide a rigorous,
empirically-based education to individuals in the behavioral health services field
who wish to work with agencies and systems that serve children and families who have
mental health needs. Students will learn to assist children at different developmental
stages, within the contexts in which they live. Since background checks are the norm
in the behavioral health field, students completing this graduate certificate may
be required to submit to a background check before entering the workforce. In addition,
courses including an internship may require a background check.

Course location/delivery

All courses are offered online.

Admission requirements

Applicants must have a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution
in a field related to human services with a minimum 3.0 GPA, or be currently enrolled
in a graduate degree program at a regionally accredited institution in a related field.

Application process

To learn about the application process, and to access the application, please review
our application process.

Prerequisites

Two of the three required courses must be completed before enrollment in the electives.

Requirements

15 credit hours. The student must earn a "B" or better in each course for it to be
applied toward the certificate. There are 9 credit hours of required course work: